Roundel Portrait of a Young Woman

Roundel Portrait of a Young Woman

Title

Roundel Portrait of a Young Woman

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Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

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The round format accommodates the three-quarter-length figure of a young woman. She wears a richly bejewelled contemporary costume in green and ochre also comprising a wide-rimmed beret of dark red velvet, which she wears at a tilt. Her curly reddish-blonde hair cascades down over her shoulders. The contrary directions of

The round format accommodates the three-quarter-length figure of a young woman. She wears a richly bejewelled contemporary costume in green and ochre also comprising a wide-rimmed beret of dark red velvet, which she wears at a tilt. Her curly reddish-blonde hair cascades down over her shoulders. The contrary directions of movement in the figural composition lend the sitter spatial presence and make her stand out strikingly against the neutral darkness of the background.

Although her broad face with its wide-set eyes conveys a look of individuality, this female figure is presumably not a portrait but an ideal portrait of a lady, possibly a kind of courtesan. Small roundels such as this, which were based on classical coins and Renaissance medals, were probably intended as gifts. The large number of surviving examples attests to their enormous popularity.

[Elsbeth Wiemann, http://onlinekatalog.staatsgalerie.de/detail.jsp?id=16D5CFF94A943DD79DCCAE8CFA2D7FAC&img=1; 22-07-2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Cranach

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Hans Cranach

[Flechsig 1900 B, 267]

Production dates
152[7]
about 1525 - 1527

Production dates

152[7]

[dated]

about 1525 - 1527

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Dimensions
Diameter of support: 14.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Diameter of support: 14.5 cm

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Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '152[7]', in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the centre right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, and dated '152[7]', in yellow paint

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann]

  • The date '1525' was later changed to '1527'

  • [Flechsig 1900 A, 267-268]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscribed on the reverseof the panel: 'on droit que ce portrait qui remonte à 1527 est celui de la …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Inscribed on the reverseof the panel: 'on droit que ce portrait qui remonte à 1527 est celui de la pucelle d'Orléans'; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart inventory label

  • [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Owner
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Stiftung Gemäldesammlung Kölle, Museum der Universität MUT
Repository
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Location
Stuttgart
CDA ID
DE_SGS_L796
FR (1978) Nr.
FR174
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SGS_L796/

Provenance

  • 1834-1836 acquired by Christoph Friedrich Karl von Kölle in Paris
  • 1848 bequeathed by the above to the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  • since 1963 on loan from the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Stiftung Gemäldesammlung Kölle, Museum der Universität MUT, to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
    [Elsbeth Wiemann, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, revised 2015]

Exhibitions

  • Dresden 1899, No. 38
  • Basel 1974, No. 184
  • Tübingen 1977, No. 411

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Brüne 1996 41 2
AuthorGerd Brüne
Title"... zu einem Anfange für eine öffentliche Galerie". Die Gemäldesammlung des württembergischen Diplomaten Christoph Friedrich Karl von Kölle (1781 - 1848)
SeriesAus den Kunstsammlungen der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Volume1
Place of PublicationSigmaringen
Year of Publication1996
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Cat. Stuttgart 1992 95-96
AuthorEdeltraut Rettich, Rüdiger Klapproth, Gerhard Ewald
TitleAlte Meister. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Place of PublicationStuttgart
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 105 174
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Tübingen 1977 128 411
AuthorGerd Brinkhus
TitleKunst und Altertum. Aus den Sammlungen der Universität. 500 Jahre Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1477-1977
SeriesAusstellungskataloge der Universität Tübingen
Volume7
Place of PublicationTübingen
Year of Publication1977
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 279, 296-297 No. 184 Fig. 149
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Posse 1942 65
AuthorHans Posse
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1942
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Mahn 1934 35 1
AuthorHannshubert Mahn
TitleDie Köllesche Gemäldesammlung
JournalTübinger Blätter
Issue25 (1934)
Year of Publication1934
Pages32-41
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 57-58 149
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Flechsig 1900 A 267-268 38
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B 27 83
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 39 38
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Schuchardt 1851 C 124 399
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible; some fine lines executed with a hard drawing implement are visible (e. g. on the chain and along the neckline)

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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